Expect the people to read they minds; hand in hand with secrecy – i keep the info for me and then blame people for not acting

Preference for weak employees or candidates, feeling threatened by the super-competent employees or candidates

Focus on small tasks, missing the big picture and favoring details on a specific task where he is competent

Inability to hire former employees: none of his former colleagues were convinced to join him in his new company or he is simply someone that never mentored anyone or never took time to inspire anyone that can trust him

Not setting deadlines, the work is done when is done …why bother with time boxed iterations

Favoring consultants instead of growing his staff

Letting his employees feel like an anonym and irrelevant person that does not make any difference if stay or go

Not measuring and not giving feedback based on real metrics and expectations previously communicated and clarified (not on feelings and emotions)

Not telling people what he is expecting from them

Micromanaging

Sneaky boss – someone that is continuously acting or talking behind his employees’ backs so they are never sure where they stand

Managing his boss more than growing his staff , and this is sometimes ok, but in general only to protect his staff or the company from bad decisions coming from superior management

Divide and Conquer – strong believer in internal competition more than in the internal collaboration

Ignoring non-performers – usually we are tempted to build on strengths and recognize top performers, but at the end “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link”

Stealing credit – if we win I will stick my name at the top, if we loose it is definitely because the team is not mature enough or understaffed or ….simply “acted without my knowledge, they need some control”

Not believing that HIS JOB IS TO BUILD THE TEAM AND THE ORG, AND THE TEAM AND THE ORG WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD THE PRODUCT !!! My product as a dev manager is the ORG and/or the TEAM.

Yes, I do recognize myself in some of these points … and I am working on some of them. Stay tuned !

Newsletter

Join them now to gain exclusive access to the latest news in the Java world, as well as insights about Android, Scala, Groovy and other related technologies.

Email address:

Join Us

With 1,043,221 monthly unique visitors and over 500 authors we are placed among the top Java related sites around. Constantly being on the lookout for partners; we encourage you to join us. So If you have a blog with unique and interesting content then you should check out our JCG partners program. You can also be a guest writer for Java Code Geeks and hone your writing skills!